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The fate of the North Park Theatre may be decided this week when a judge rules on a proposal by David Cohen, who owns and operates the West Coast Tavern at the front of the theater and the Uptown Tavern in Hillcrest. He proposed a settlement earlier this month in which he and his company, DCMM, would take over the 731-seat, 32,000-square-foot theater and its operations. Essentially, the slate would be wiped clean and the Lyric Opera would cease to exist.
— Gerald McClard